The Signatories are gravely alarmed by the experiences of systematic and ongoing violence towards civilians throughout and after the autumn of El Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in addition to the escalation of battle throughout North Darfur and the Kordofan area.
Deliberate focusing on of civilians, ethnically motivated mass killings, conflict-related sexual violence, hunger as a technique of warfare, and obstruction of humanitarian entry are abhorrent violations of worldwide humanitarian legislation.
Such acts, if substantiated, represent conflict crimes and crimes towards humanity beneath worldwide legislation.
We condemn all atrocities within the strongest potential phrases and demand that the violence stops instantly. We acknowledge the vital work to doc the character of violations dedicated by the RSF in El Fasher. Impunity should finish and accountability have to be upheld. Protection and justice for the Sudanese folks will not be solely a authorized obligation but in addition an pressing ethical crucial.
It is insupportable that widespread hunger and famine persist on account of entry restrictions. WFP, UNICEF, and different humanitarian businesses should get the required permissions to conduct their life-saving work and attain populations in want.
All events should respect worldwide humanitarian legislation, which incorporates an obligation to ensure fast and unimpeded passage of meals, drugs, and different important provides. Civilians should even be granted protected passage. We name on the events to right away facilitate this according to the UN Security Council Resolution 2736.
We additionally name on the events to the battle to comply with a ceasefire and a three-month humanitarian truce, as outlined within the Quad assertion.
We are involved about makes an attempt to partition Sudan and reaffirm our assist for the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of the nation and for the best of its folks to stay in peace, dignity, and justice with out exterior interference.
We name on the events to return to the negotiating desk. Only a broad and inclusive Sudanese-owned political course of can resolve Sudan’s challenges.
This assertion has been signed by:
Åsmund Aukrust, Minister for International Development of Norway
Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management
Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia
Maxime Prévot, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation of Belgium
The Honorable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada
Mr Margus Tsahkna, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia
Mr. Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France
Dr Johann David Wadephul, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland
Simon Harris, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland
Xavier Bettel, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs of Luxemburg
Aukje de Vries, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of the Netherlands
Rt Hon Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand
H.E. Juraj Blanár, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovak Republic
Ms. Tanja Fajon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia
H.E José Manuel Albares Bueno, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain
Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom
Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone, State Secretary for Development Policy of Denmark
Ms. Clara Staicu, State Secretary for European Affairs, Middle East and Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania
Austria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czechia (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic), Finland, Latvia, Poland (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland), Portugal and Switzerland
